Second, maybe we should wait until after the surgery to start throwing around timelines. Burke’s timeline would mean more like a Thanksgiving return.

We’ll see when he actually gets back. Expect the Jazz to be ultra cautious with Burke — there is no reason for them to rush him back. They aren’t winning a lot of games this season and they got Burke to be the point guard of the next decade. A couple of games in November is not worth any kind of setback.

I honestly don’t understand why he felt the need to comment on it. If people think he will be out 8 to 12 weeks, but he comes back in four, it would just look like he healed more quickly than expected. But if he does actually take 8 to 12 weeks, then he will look sort of foolish for having said this. There was really no upside to commenting.